Post #9: New Habits are Hard to Break: Critical Evaluation of Internet Web Pages

Don't worry, I know we didn't have to do a post this week, but as the title says....  Anyway the only reason that I am posting this week is because I came across something last night and I cannot believe it even though it passed my Halo Evaluation, Review and Observation criteria, aka "HERO".  After looking at the bogus web sites, it is not that difficult to quickly pick up on the clues for them turning out to be "unreliable".

However, try as I may, I cannot get this piece of information to be proven as a fallacy.  If it is true, then why hasn't Hollywood made a B-Movie out of it like they did with SharkNado I & II, or MegaGator versus Sharktopus?

Ok, so here is what I saw on "River Monsters" on the Animal Planet channel.  Apparently a fossil has been found dating back to just before the Triassic Period of the dinosaurs, some 250-290 MYA, for a shark-like fish called by its genus, Helicoprion. It actually is related to the "ratfish", another attractive fish, that roamed the oceans for some 40 million years before going extinct.  So here's the crazy part, instead of rows of sharp teeth in the upper and lower jaw, it's teeth were arranged in spiral, like a buzz saw, but the teeth kept unwinding from the center. The teeth were located vertically in the fish's jaws, I don't even know how it could eat like that, but apparently it did. Anyway, the Smithsonian Institution link is below.  So enjoy.....buzz.....

http://paleobiology.si.edu/helicoprion/